Category: CJ Quick Take

The Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project could be in trouble. GoTriangle, the transit agency in charge of the 17.7 mile light-rail project, is relying on $1.2 billion in Capital Investment Grant funds, with an additional $247 million in state money. The estimated price…

The most recent response from Gov. Roy Cooper to legislative leaders about a questionable $57.8 million funding arrangement with the operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline might lead to formal demands for information from the Cooper administration. A release issued Tuesday, Feb. 20, from Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, and…

Former Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, urged the General Assembly not to spend any money from a fund negotiated by his Democratic successor, Roy Cooper, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline operators, saying the process for securing the money was tainted. In a phone interview the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 13,…

Senate Republicans suggested the state could approach a constitutional crisis if it enables a governor to control money outside the normal budgetary process. Some suggested Democrats’ loyalty to Gov. Roy Cooper surpassed their commitment to public education, if not the constitution itself. Senators spent…

State Republican legislative leaders announced a fix to the class size mandate, which would phase in smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of an immediate fix this school year. Last spring the General Assembly required local school…

Enough is enough, say school voucher advocates who want a three-judge Superior Court panel to dismiss Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawsuit against North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program. Opportunity Scholarships are state-funded vouchers that allow middle and low-income families to opt-out of public education and send their children…

UPDATE: This story was updated 6:52 p.m. Wednesday, February 7, with additional comment from Gannon. With the exception of Wake and Mecklenburg counties, candidates for most offices in North Carolina — legislative and congressional — will file during the upcoming filing period, without changes, says State…

Responding to questions from the General Assembly’s senior nonpartisan staff, officials from Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget office said a $57.8 million agreement Cooper made with the operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a “voluntary contribution” that will be distributed by a yet-to-be-named board of directors. The response came in…

A ruling by a federal three-judge panel in the Covington v. North Carolina legislative redistricting lawsuit threatens to upset state election laws on a national scale through unprecedented court overreach, eight secretaries of state say in a legal filing. Those officials on…